Argentina
The Left marched to Plaza de Mayo and called for a national strike against the Government
The mobilization set off from Congress and brought together social, union, student and human rights organizations. At the main rally, there were criticisms of Javier Milei, governors, sectors of the opposition and the leadership of the CGT and the CTA.
The Left held a mobilization this Saturday from Congress to Plaza de Mayo to express its rejection of the measures taken by Javier Milei’s government and call for a national strike with a demonstration. The protest was led by Myriam Bregman and Nicolás del Caño, along with other leaders and social, union, political, student, environmental, cultural and human rights organizations.
According to BAE Negocios, the call brought together more than 350 organizations and had simultaneous events in nearly 60 cities in the interior. La Nación reported that Congress was fenced off at daybreak by a security operation and that a barrier was also set up in Plaza de Mayo in front of the Casa Rosada.
During the main rally, a document agreed upon by the convening groups was read out. It called for wage and pension increases, a ban on layoffs, the repeal of labor reform and the breaking of agreements with the International Monetary Fund. Support was also expressed for the demands of Hospital Garrahan, the university education community, people with disabilities and FATE workers.
Bregman said, according to BAE Negocios, that the mobilization sought to make visible growing social discontent and raised the need to coordinate the different struggles. She also criticized sectors of the parliamentary opposition and the governors for backing or implementing austerity policies.
The criticism also reached the CGT and the two CTA unions. Both BAE Negocios and La Nación noted that from the stage they were reproached for not having promoted a sustained plan of action and for having facilitated the advance of labor reform. In that context, the organizers called for a new nationwide strike.
Del Caño called for an immediate response for FATE workers and rejected postponing strike actions until the next electoral rounds, according to BAE Negocios. La Nación added that the document also included criticism of governors, sectors of Peronism and a reference to the Buenos Aires provincial government of Axel Kicillof over the situation at that company.
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